NATO spokesmen confirmed the raid, but said they had no information about why it was done and refused to speculate. The United Nations cautioned that the raid was a potential violation of the Geneva Conventions, which insist that military personnel avoid operating inside medical facilities.

The charity says that the same hospital was involved in an incident in July, when private contractors escorting a supply convoy forced their way in and used the hospital to hide from insurgents. A US helicopter also attacked a small medical clinic in Paktika Province last week on the basis of a report that a wounded insurgent might be inside.

"The charity says that the same hospital was involved in an incident in July, when private contractors escorting a supply convoy forced their way in and used the hospital to hide from insurgents. A US helicopter also attacked a small medical clinic in Paktika Province last week on the basis of a report that a wounded insurgent might be inside."

I cannot express adequately my disgust toward a military that abuses the Red Cross so flagrantly and so cowardly. Forcing your way into a hospital to hide from an engagement? What kind of garbage is that? A military with any sense of correct behavior would throw such cretins in front of a firing squad for cowardice in the face of the enemy. But not our dear FedGov! Instead, such despicable behavior is favored and rewarded. And the Taliban only needs to point to such things to prove that their cause is right.

If you’re all so sick of the U.S. military being corrupt and incompetent, why don’t you join and try to change it instead of whining all the time? Maybe when YOU are in the field you can judge for yourselves instead of believing everything you read on the internet. Safe behind your country’s military, you’re all a bunch of spineless worms. Isn’t freedom grand!?